The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1887-11-17

enteen century style Of the old burg
1t should light up at once. S,mbury
Democrat.
Enos Sbipe, Of Upper Augusta
Northumberland county, among
other things In the way Of improve
ment on his farm. has lately planted
$50 apple trees, 800 pear trees, $50
peach trees, 900 ounce trees, 1000
raspberry plants, $500 currants and
5000 strawberry plants.
The Pennsylvania company has
been experimenting i'm the Altoona
shops with the innumerabls devices
fer heating cars by means other than
the deadly stove. The best plan so
far tested is for the use Of steam sup
piled by the locomotive, and it 10 not
unlike that now in use on soms OF the
roads running out Of Boston.
The election returns were comput.
ed on Wednesday last by Register
Duck, Sheriff Middleswarth and Com
,nissioners Mohn and Erdiey. Judge
Wetzel being candidate and Judge
Smith being unable to sit alone, the
law in such cases provides that tho
returns be computed by the above
named officers.
The following is the official vote re :
ceived by each candidate at the re-
cent election in Snyder county Hart
2O3l, McGrann 1926, Irish Al Will.
Jams 2021, Thompson 1928; Wetzel
2l3o, Teats 1i76; Bolender 1915 Dreese
l749; Walter s057, Beaver 2O36, Straub
1867 Ssebold 1888, Wetzel 1927; Peek
POOP, kerns 1890, Portzline 1851; Weis
er 1920, Ssip 1lGi.
The Bedford Gazette says that last
winter diptheria attacked Il family i'm
Monroe township, that county. The
heavier covers used on the patients
beds were not washed or fumigated
after the disappearance of the disease.
In the spring these covers were pack
ed away, and few weeks ago these
covers were taken out and put on tho
beds. There are now three cases of
diptheria in that family, and there
are no other cases in the neighhor-
hood. And yet some people say that
diptheria is not contagious.
Rev, j. NJ. Lcsher will deliver one
OF his popular lectures, "a trip to
Africa, in the Court House, in Mid
ddlebursh, on tho evenln. of Nov.
cath, National Thanksgiving Day.
The lecture will be free TO all. Rev.
Leshsr returned from his second trip
to the continent of Africa in July of
this year. He also Travelled exten
sively through Germany. His lectures
are spicy and Instructive.
NOTICE. Notice is hereby given
that the trustees OF Salem Congrrga-
ton will meet at the Salem School
house, Saturday, Nov. 20, 1887 at l
o'clock u. M. to rent the church
house aud land. Conditions will be
made known on day OF renting.
ISAAC ERDLEY,
II. MoYER,
Nov. IL, 1887. Trustees
A remarkable case is reported from
Pavilion township, Kalamazoo county
Mich. Robert Brockie, n farmer, had
his neck dislocated by II tumble from
load OF cornstalks Saturday after
noon. DR.. Braden, of SCOTS, reduced
the dislocatiou, and Mr.. Urockie lives.
or course he isn't as clipper as II
scheolboy, large portion Of his body
being paralyzed, but the fact that he
lives 1T all may be considered one Of
the wonders OF 1857.
An old wocdnan SAYS "When |
am in the woods | never use II COM
pass in fact don't need any. There
are three sure ways that | have for
finding the points of the compass.
You will notice that thrse-fourths OF
the moss on trees grows on the north
side the heaviest boughs on spruce
trees are always on the south side
and thirdly, the topmost twig of ev-
cry uninjured hsmlock tips to the
east. You just remember those
thiags and youll never getlost."
Michael DuPyryns, conductor on
the Lewisburg Il Tyrone Railroad,
was killed near Swengle station on
Saturday night. He was assisting in
shifting cars and had occasion to use
the pushing pole. Not being able to
find it he picked up plank that was
laying near by and used that. The
full force had hardly been put on it
when it breke and piece struck
him in the stomach causing internal
injuries that resulted in death. lie
was the first man ever killed on the
Lewisqurg and Tyrone Branch.
WHERE THE BUGS COME FROM
An intelligent gentleman remarked
to us the other day that, with the
object of experimenting, he took three
potatoes and planted them in his back
yard in Philadelphia, where potato
had never been grown. When they
sprouted and threw up vines foot in
length, he found the vines literally
covered with potato bugs. Where did
they come fromg His theory is, that